Improvement



F. N. VFULET.

Attachments for Sewing-Machines,

No. 134,826. 4 PatentedJan.14,1873,

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IMPROVEMENT iN ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,826, dated January14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS N. VIOLET, of

the city of Fond du Lac, county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Guide for Sewing-Machines for gaging orguiding the cloth to be sewed.

This guide may be used in ordinary sewing to bring the edges of thecloth even before the needles. It is also intended to guide seams to befelled by guiding the under fold of the cloth the proper width forfelling, and the upper fold so that it will be sewed close to the edge,thereby saving the trouble of trimming the seem, as is usually donebefore felling. The guide is also intended for lapping seams, as whenmaking sheets.

Thelfollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon making part of this specification.

This guide is provided with three tongues, held together and forming attheir inner ends a gage, and they are to be separated sufficiently toallow the cloth to pass freely, but are caused to bear lightly on thecloth at their outer ends. The upper tongue or plate is provided with agage for guiding the upper fold of cloth in lapping seams. Said guide isalso provided with a movable gage for the purpose of felling, and is soarranged as to leave the under fold of the cloth wider than the upperfold-Just wide enough to turn in.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I make the bed-plate A, Fig. 2, with slots 0 0 to adapt it to differentmachines. Two tongues or plates, as shown at B, are fastened togetherwith a space between them, as at m, and lightly pressed together attheir outer ends a. I also provide a movable gage, O, which is pivotedat t. This gage O-is shown open or in proper position for sewing commonseams, and when in the position shown in dotted lines it serves to sewseams to be felled, closing part of the upper space between the twoupper tongues. A gage, E, attached to the upper tongue or plate, may bemade to slide on it, and may be fastened as desired for the purpose ofguiding the upper fold of cloth in lapping seams, as shown at Fig. 3. 11represents one fold of the cloth which is being passed between thetongues of the guide. I represents the other fold lapping over the edgeof the fold H, just enough to make a narrow lap, as at P. Fig. 1 showsthe guide when common seaming is being done, and it may be moved to orfrom the needle by the gage-screw so as to make wide or narrow seams.

Now, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The gage A with its tongues 13 B and the adjustable guide E, whenconstructed, arranged, and operating as set forth.

.2. In combination with the above, the pivoted gage 0, as and for thepurpose described.

FRANCIS N. VIOLET.-

Witnesses:

. M. REED,

S. J. STOVER.

